Our group is focusing on the Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) that is the investigation of the dynamic processes occurring across the sea surface. The goal is "to achieve quantitative understanding of the key biogeochemical-physical interactions and feedbacks between the ocean and atmosphere, and how this coupled system affects and is affected by climate and environmental change"

Observation of emissions of marine biogenic gases and gas-to-particle conversion over the regions of the high primary productivity in the North Pacific.

Observation of the effect to marine biological activity and carbon uptake caused by atmospheric depositions of mineral dust (iron) and anthropogenic nitrogen compounds transported from the Asian continent.

Observation of carbon uptake by nitrogen fixation marine biota in the Kuroshio and the sub-tropical region.

Effects of volcanic gases and aerosols from the Japanese active volcanoes to atmospheric and oceanic environment.

Ooki, A., Uematsu, M., and Noriki, S., "Size-resolved sulfate and ammonium measurements in marine boundary layer over the North and South Pacific"Atmospheric Environment, 41, 81-91 (2006).

Nakamura, T., Ogawa, H., Kumar, D. M., and Uematsu, M., "Contribution of water soluble organic nitrogen to total nitrogen in marine aerosols over the East China Sea and western North Pacific" Atmospheric Environment, 40, 7259-7264 (2006).

Ooki, A., Miura, K., and Uematsu, M., "The increase of biogenic sulfate and particle number over the high primary productive region in the northwestern North Pacific" Journal of Oceanography, 59, 799-807 (2003).

Uematsu, M., Wang, Z., and Uno, I., "Atmospheric input of mineral dust to the western North Pacific based on direct measurements and a regional chemical transport model"Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1342, doi:10.1029/2002GL016645, (2003).

Sasakawa, M., Ooki, A., and Uematsu, M.,"Aerosol size distribution during sea fog and its scavenge process of chemical substances over the northwestern North Pacific"Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D3), doi:10.1029/2002JD002329, (2003).

Sasakawa, M., and Uematsu, M., "Chemical composition of aerosol, sea fog and rainwater in the marine boundary layer of the northwestern North Pacific and its marginal seas"Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(D24), doi:10.1029/2001JD001004, (2002).